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dc.contributor.authorFilho, Walter Leal
dc.contributor.authorWall, Tony
dc.contributor.authorRayman-Bacchus, Lez
dc.contributor.authorMifsud, Mark
dc.contributor.authorPritchard, Diana J.
dc.contributor.authorLovren, Violeta
dc.contributor.authorFarinha, Carla
dc.contributor.authorPetrovic, Danijela S.
dc.contributor.authorBalogun, Abdul-Lateef
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-29T08:10:01Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T00:00:00Z
dc.date.available2021-06-29T08:10:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-24
dc.identifier.citationLeal Filho W, Wall T, Rayman-Bacchus L, Mifsud M, Pritchard DJ, Lovren VO, Farinha C, Petrovic DS, Balogun AL (2021) 'Impacts of COVID-19 and social isolation on academic staff and students at universities: a cross-sectional study', BMC Public Health, 21 (1213)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.pmid34167494
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-021-11040-z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/625031
dc.description.abstractThe impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the shutdown it triggered at universities across the world, led to a great degree of social isolation among university staff and students. The aim of this study was to identify the perceived consequences of this on staff and their work and on students and their studies at universities. The study used a variety of methods, which involved an on-line survey on the influences of social isolation using a non-probability sampling. More specifically, two techniques were used, namely a convenience sampling (i.e. involving members of the academic community, which are easy to reach by the study team), supported by a snow ball sampling (recruiting respondents among acquaintances of the participants). A total of 711 questionnaires from 41 countries were received. Descriptive statistics were deployed to analyse trends and to identify socio-demographic differences. Inferential statistics were used to assess significant differences among the geographical regions, work areas and other socio-demographic factors related to impacts of social isolation of university staff and students. The study reveals that 90% of the respondents have been affected by the shutdown and unable to perform normal work or studies at their institution for between 1 week to 2 months. While 70% of the respondents perceive negative impacts of COVID 19 on their work or studies, more than 60% of them value the additional time that they have had indoors with families and others. . While the majority of the respondents agree that they suffered from the lack of social interaction and communication during the social distancing/isolation, there were significant differences in the reactions to the lockdowns between academic staff and students. There are also differences in the degree of influence of some of the problems, when compared across geographical regions. In addition to policy actions that may be deployed, further research on innovative methods of teaching and communication with students is needed in order to allow staff and students to better cope with social isolation in cases of new or recurring pandemics.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBiomed Centralen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11040-zen_US
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectsocial isolationen_US
dc.subjectuniversity studentsen_US
dc.subjectacademic staffen_US
dc.subjecthigher educationen_US
dc.subjectSubject Categories::X342 Academic studies in Higher Educationen_US
dc.titleImpacts of COVID-19 and social isolation on academic staff and students at universities: a cross-sectional studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1471-2458
dc.contributor.departmentHamburg University of Applied Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentManchester Metropolitan Universityen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Chesteren_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Winchesteren_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Maltaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Bedfordshireen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Belgradeen_US
dc.contributor.departmentNOVA University Lisbonen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversiti Teknologi PETRONASen_US
dc.identifier.journalBMC Public Healthen_US
dc.date.updated2021-06-29T08:02:50Z
dc.description.notegold open access


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